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This study provides the first county-level analysis on the employment and wage effects of medical marijuana laws (MMLs). Since traditional state-level difference-in-differences analysis might not fully capture unobserved heterogeneity in changes in the local labor markets, we employ a border...
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2013, 103(1), 277-304) try to disentangle the link between innovation and institutional ownership. Citation-weighted patent … counts are used as a proxy for innovation, which motivates the use of count data models. While a replication in a narrow …
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We study the effect of antitakeover provisions (ATPs) on innovation. To establish causality, we use a regression …, causal effect of ATPs on innovation. This positive effect is more pronounced in firms that are subject to a larger degree of … information asymmetry and operate in more competitive product markets. The evidence suggests that ATPs help nurture innovation by …
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innovation also when referring to intra-country differences. …
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stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 … training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as …
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The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …
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In this work, we explore the relations between sales growth and a set of innovation indicators that capture the … different sources, modes and results of the innovative activity undertaken within firms. We exploit a rich panel on innovation …-2011. Standard GMM-panel estimates of the average effect of innovation activities reveal significant and positive effect for internal …
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This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994-2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at … innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …
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The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage … foreignness). We derive potential stumbling blocks in the innovation process theoretically and argue that these materialize as … innovation activities in Germany from various sectors. We find that foreign-controlled firms are not challenged by liability of …
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This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata … from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters … demonstrate that employment growth is explained by product innovation. On the other hand, we find no evidence of a displacement …
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